健康生活型態是世界衛生組織積極推動健康促進的策略，而生活型態與社會文化息息相關，中醫學發展與傳統文化關係密切，其觀念已融入日常生活中，使國人傾向認同中醫的保健觀念。中醫已發展一套完整的養生原則與方法，以預防疾病發生，其中生活起居養生概念與促進健康生活型態雷同，將其納入促進健康生活型態的方案中，可更貼近民眾的需求，且呼應世界衛生組織推動傳統醫療政策。故本文介紹中醫順應自然之生活起居養生原則，其方法含起居有常及外避邪氣；起居有常包括睡眠、活動、飲食及排便的養生方法，外避邪氣著重避免外在環境對人體的影響。內文所述之養生原則及方法可提供護理人員執行健康促進措施及機構推動健康促進政策之參考。

The World Health Organization (WHO) is increasingly stressing the importance of living a healthy lifestyle in its health promotion work. Lifestyle is associated inextricably with ethnic and cultural mores. Traditional Chinese medicine is closely tied to traditional culture, with traditional Chinese medicine concepts accepted by and woven into the daily life of people living in Taiwan. Traditional Chinese medicine embodies comprehensive principles and methods for maintaining personal health in daily life, which helps prevent disease. Thus, traditional Chinese medicine encompasses and reflects daily life concepts advocated by the WHO and fits within the framework of WHO traditional medical
policies. This article was written to introduce the principles of health promotion of daily life as advo-cated by traditional Chinese medicine, including regular daily activities (sleep, diet, defecation and ex-
ercise) and methods of preventing unhealthy environmental factors from negatively impacting human health. Health promotion principles and methods embodied in traditional Chinese medicine may serve as a reference for enhancing health promotion and policy development work of health institutions.